CLEVELAND — Todd Helton believes the Rockies have a good chance to make the playoffs, but they’re going to need another arm, specifically a starting pitcher, if they’re going to be a serious threat to win the World Series.

Helton was asked the following question Wednesday by nationally-syndicated talk-show host Jim Rome: “Can you get to the postseason with what you have and do some damage when you get there?’’

Helton’s response: “I think we need some help, to be honest with you. I think we have a chance to make it to the postseason, a really good chance. But if we really want to win the whole thing, we’re going to have to have help.

“I don’t know where it’s coming from. It could be the minor leagues, it could be a trade, but with (Jorge) De La Rosa going down, he was basically our No. 1 starter. … With him out for the whole season, I think we’re going to have to have a pitcher if we’re going to win it all.’’

To do anything in the playoffs, the Rockies would have to get there. But mediocre record and all, Helton believes they can do it.

“You all like to write about how it’s going each day,” Helton told Denver reporters. “If we lose, we stink and the season is over. We realize in here that it takes 162 games. We can’t get too high or too low either way. Even when we lost 10 games in a row or whatever we did, I still would be sitting here talking about the playoffs.

Patrick, a third-generation Colorado native, is back for his second stint covering the Rockies. He first covered the team from 2005-2009, helping chronicle “Rocktober” in 2007 and also following the team’s playoff run in 2009.

Nick Groke has worked at The Denver Post since 1997, as a sports reporter, city reporter, entertainment writer and digital editor and producer, among other newsroom posts. He also writes regularly about boxing, soccer, MMA and NASCAR.